Devin McCourty

When NFL commissioner Roger Goodell called out his name as the 27th pick in the first round of the NFL draft, four words crossed my mind: Connecticut Kid. America's Team. As Goodell posed there late Thursday night in Chicago with Byron Jones, the two holding up a Dallas Cowboys jersey, the same four words resounded: Connecticut Kid. America's Team. It was only some time later, while watching the video of Jones' media session at the draft in Chicago that two more words would cross my mind: Aaron Hernandez. "If you had to thank one person who would that be and why?" the defensive back from UConn and New Britain was asked. "One person? I have two...

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